The much anticipated first trailer of Humaima Malik's upcoming Bollywood debut, Raja Natwarlal is out, and boy are we impressed.

The nearly three-minute promo promises a blend of several themes - love, lust, money and revenge - with a catchy background score and eye-candy that gets a thumbs up from us.

Humaima as Jiya in a dance sequence from *Raja Natwarlal*
Humaima as Jiya in a dance sequence from *Raja Natwarlal*

The story revolves around a small town conman Raja (Emraan Hashmi), who does everything in his power to swindle big fish and win the favour of his love interest Jiya (Humaima Malik) in every possible way. And for the 'serial-kisser' who has smooched his way from Murder to Jannat – Emraan's latest flick also contains at least one scene where he is seen kissing a coy Humaima.

Emraan Hashmi and Humaima Malik - a screenshot from the *Raja Natwarlal* promo
Emraan Hashmi and Humaima Malik - a screenshot from the *Raja Natwarlal* promo

The first half of the trailer shows Raja trying to live his dream and become the world's biggest fraudster. Here, the trailer also brings some witty conman dialogue, such as "Life iss paise ki tarah hai, bus ek baar kharch kar pao ge."

But even Emraan's high-energy street dance number could not take the limelight from the sizzling Humaima.

Playing the lady love in Raja's life, Humaima appears to have mastered the art of being a desirable, sultry damsel. Her smouldering looks coupled with ghagra cholis that fit her perfect figure like a glove, Humaima seems to have nailed the Bollywood heroine charm.

The second half of the trailer introduces two more leads with fantastic Bollywood actors Paresh Rawal (Raja's scheming guru) and Kay Kay Menon (the bad guy) whom he cons into selling a fake cricket team.

Here we see the talented Humaima unleash the Bol protagonist, when she pleads in an emotional outburst with Raja to tread carefully.

If beautiful Humaima and romantic Emraan aren't reasons enough to watch this flick – which is slated for August 29 – the music, action-packed plot and stellar supporting cast should help you decide in its favour.

Screenshot from *Raja Natwarlal*
Screenshot from *Raja Natwarlal*

Producer Siddharth Roy Kapoor says, "It's a quintessential Emraan Hashmi film and you would enjoy it tremendously if you are an Emraan Hashmi fan."

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